Was this review helpful to you? But the latkes and jelly donuts were fantastic. Otherwise it just wouldn’t feel right to me. It was trying to celebrate the similarities. The Mistletoe Secret

Guy: I love going back to Julianna’s little town in Kentucky. She meets Owen and gets a much needed break. Is it divine intervention/Godwink, coincidences or a meddling mom, when Alice, managing the family clothing store, and Jack, medical sales, keep bumping into each other before Christmas? To make this movie that came from Guy’s idea into this authentic story of a Jewish guy and a girl who loves Christmas, come together, I feel like you have to cast it authentically. But as they get to know each other they are able to begin enjoying Christmas.

He's also single.

He's actually married to a girl who likes Christmas. Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site?

Hallmark is doing two movies this season with Hanukkah in them, but neither of their films have Hanukkah in the title or a word about the holiday in it.

A young widow's daughter was given a tattered old Christmas stocking at a holiday craft sale, but her mother is skeptical of its magic when it seems to create small trinkets on its own.

When we were developing the script, it wasn’t initially intended to have the actor singing in that moment. We got to talking and hit it off. Get the scoop on all the new holiday movies with first looks, sneak peeks, and more when you sign up for It’s A Wonderful Lifetime Movies email updates. Based on the bestselling book by Richard Paul Evans. I don’t come from a very large family, so it was really beautiful to see their traditions. Directed by David Winning. They have a pre , pre Christmas Eve tradition, and that’s in the movie. Glamour may earn a portion of sales from products that are purchased through our site as part of our Affiliate Partnerships with retailers. I really enjoy Hallmark movies but lately their themes have been getting extremely repetitive and the characters and interactions predictable.

Please enter a valid email address They don’t. When historian Jessica is hired to create the Plaza's Christmas display, she finds more than facts while teaming up with handsome decorator Nick to bring the display to life.

You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. You recently got married in September, but how did you first meet? “Our CEO, Fernando Szew, is an Argentinian Jew, and I knew that was something the company was interested in.

It’s about representation. For this movie it wouldn’t make sense to not have Hanukkah" in the title somehow.

Julianna: It was supremely important to the movie and to make it authentic. The Mistletoe Promise

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Use the HTML below. Alice is set to meet her future in-laws for the first time, but things don't go according to plan. They’re like the Hollywood version of us, but it’s really just more of a composite. But as they get to know each other they are able to begin enjoying Christmas.

ET on Lifetime. But as they spend more time with each other, they experience the magic of Christmas. The characters take a life on their own. Julianna hadn’t really followed my pursuit for a few months because she really enjoyed the card game and was worried that if we went out and it didn’t work out, she would get kicked out of the card game. When I started watching these holiday movies—which I didn’t do for a long time, but I certainly do now—Julianna and I started joking that there needs to be a Hanukkah one and…. Whether it’s romance stories that involve someone being Jewish or two people being Jewish or just somebody going to a Hanukkah party, [I’m interested]. So when “Oh Hanukkah, Oh Hanukkah” comes on…we changed all of that to be included because of the actors who were cast. Initially, she's not too happy about it but - Christmas brings friends and families together.

The specifics of the holidays are so important and we tried to focus on that, but at the end of the day it’s just really getting together and taking time apart from the rest of your life and focusing on tradition and family. Keep your little bookworms engaged outside of the classroom with our selection of the very best literary adaptations. Well, Julianna, who is an executive at the production company MarVista, was already working on Christmas rom-coms when she and Guy realized Hanukkah wasn’t really celebrated onscreen. Hotel manager Willow returns to her stunning Virginia hometown to help her sister plan a Christmas wedding at the inn her family once owned.
Saul Hitesman A ghost writer/partner of a travel web site and TV feature arrives in Midway before Christmas to write about it. Two strangers who don't enjoy Christmas meet at work and to avoid being lonely during the holidays make a pact to deal with holiday events together. I was like, if I’m going to make a Hanukkah movie, I want to incorporate the history in it and try to do little elements that don’t really come out as much. Alex comes to the Mistletoe Diner in advance to gather intel. At MarVista, some of the executives were brainstorming potential titles, and one of my colleagues came up with Mistletoe & Menorahs and we just loved it. But as far as Hanukkah, there’s still a lot of stories out there that can be explored.

Sydney is charmed by the little... See full summary ». Two people, unable to enjoy Christmas for their own reasons, meet and form a contract (a Promise) to help each other get through the difficult holiday period and each help the other achieve their goal. Julianna: And there are a lot of mixed-faith families out there. And in the movie, Christy and Jonathan learned that lesson too. We’re both faithful people, and we share that in common. Would you like to do another film for the holidays next year?

With Kellie Pickler, Tyler Hynes, Christopher Russell, Patrick Duffy.

), “I had Guy work up a story concept since I knew that MarVista had a desire to do a Hanukkah rom-com,” Julianna tells Glamour. When a restless young married woman is granted a wish by a Christmas Angel to be single again, she soon discovers her new life isn't what she bargained for, and embarks on a quest to win her husband back.

When pitching season comes around, I certainly hope to have a bunch of ideas.

We never had a set idea that we have to marry a certain type of person.

What do you both like most about each other’s religion and the traditions involved? Jessica Radloff is the Glamour West Coast editor. The storyline and the couples' interactions aren't forced (as they so often are in a Hallmark movie)... and while they try to stay true to their "Promise" they don't seem pressured to perform a "dating" dance that would take them beyond its limits so it all feels very real. As the pair heads north, their adventures include car... See full summary », Flight attendant Sydney (Brooke Burns) is tasked with looking after Leah, an eight-year-old unaccompanied minor flying back to Chicago after visiting family. Not to worry, though: Hanukkah—which is about celebrating miracles—eventually helps bring these two together, and “a holiday romance lights up,” according to Lifetime. Two strangers who don't enjoy Christmas meet at work and to avoid being lonely during the holidays make a pact to deal with holiday events together.

And the food and the meals. Julianna: In the film, Kelley [Jakle, who plays the main character, Christy] has a beautiful voice. After inheriting a Christmas tree farm, a woman's plans to sell it change when she falls in love with the townspeople and meets a charming lawyer named Tucker. How much of the characters are based on you both? 39 of 46 people found this review helpful. Some websites listed the original title for Mistletoe & Menorahs as Merry Holiday.

One of their new clients is a toy company and they don't see eye-to-eye with Edward Ferris (Luke Macfarlane), the company's C.E.O.

Loosely based on N.Y. Times best-selling author Richard Paul Evans' novel of the same name. Guy: This is actually a big part of what went into the script when I started writing it.

And what’s next? Guy: I love fruitcake.


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The movie premieres this Saturday, December 7, and features everything from latkes and fruitcake to menorahs and Christmas trees. Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. When she meets Gabe a week before Christmas, she assumes, he's a date, but he's a corporate recovery consultant for her candy cane company. Looking for some great streaming picks? I gave it a 5/10 only because Kellie Pickler was so wrong in the movie. Important question: Fruitcake plays a big part in this movie. Guy: That’s so true. Based on the bestselling book by Richard Paul Evans.

Obviously, both characters in the movie have ulterior motives for wanting to know about each others religion in the beginning, but it’s great to see them really work hard to understand the meaning.

© 2020 Condé Nast. Julianna: We go to my family for Christmas and then we fly to see Guy’s family in New York. With Jaime King, Luke Macfarlane, Christie Laing, Lochlyn Munro.

Directed by Terry Ingram. It’s really like something out of a Christmas movie. When Belinda (Kim Shaw) heads back to her hometown for the holidays, things get complicated when she is forced to team up with her ex, Dustin (Kevin McGarry), at the town's annual Christmas scavenger hunt.

There’s a desire out there to see this, and we knew we were onto something. Guy Yosub and Julianna Hays talk about how writing and producing Lifetime's first Hanukkah and Christmas movie, "Mistletoe & Menorahs," brought them closer. Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Jake knew all about it and he was so excited to star in the film that could have the Jewish perspective, and about Hanukkah. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Condé Nast. It was, “We should really do this.” And when the opportunity presented itself, I had this pitch ready to go.

And that is [someone] that I never thought that I would marry, but I figured as soon as we got over that we can get over anything, really. Julianna: Our friend at the dinner told us she loves Christmas movies, but she’d always just felt left out because there was never a Hanukkah movie.

He butts heads with Aria who is none too subtle about her idolization of Masters and is rubbed the wrong way by Alex's sarcastic remarks questioning Masters' dubious talents. It’s true in Kentucky; it's true in New York. Julianna: And I've actually converted Guy to country music, and he’s now a fan. I Loved the guys, Tyler, Christopher and Patrick were endearing, funny and relatable. But when Deidre faces her own fiasco, Mandy finds herself with unexpected career (and romantic) opportunities.

It does seem mandatory that "figgy pudding" is mentioned or sung about in every Hallmark Christmas movie and, in this one aspect, The Mistletoe Promise is no exception.

To me, that’s a missed opportunity because there is an audience for this, given the amount of Jewish families and mixed families that would tune in for that.

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When they are snowed in, love ensues, as it always does. Together, they put on Strudelfest to highlight the charm of Old Vail. Guy: There’s another bit that we put into the movie—me teaching Julianna how to do the prayers while lighting the candles on the menorah. Guy: We keep being told that the characters look like us. Otherwise it truly is and well worth watching. Chelsea inherits a house in Vail. (TV Movie 2016).

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